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Hotel like a medieval knight’s castle – Imatra State hotel is one of the most beautiful buildings in Finland

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Imatra Sate Hotel. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen Imatra State Hotel is one of the most beautiful buildings in Finland. In the European art nouveau building the style is rich and exciting . All walls are different and details countless. The house has towers and a wide range of windows and ornamentation based on the Finnish topics . For example, the main entrance you can find small reliefs of birds, fox and deer . The building was designed by Usko Nyström and completed in 1903. The architect   had received from the Senate a free hand to design a new river beach hotel. The condition was that the building was supposed to be made of stone. The previous two wooden hotels were burned. This room belonged to emperor Nicholas II. Grand hotel de Cascade was opened in 1903. Later the name was changed to Imatra State hotel. The building was like a medieval knight’s castle. There were 53 different-sized rooms and a large dining room. Material was light-coloured limestone. ...
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Kattohaikara viihtyy Virossa – risumaja puhelintolpan päässä kelpaa asunnoksi kesästä toiseen

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Haikarapariskunta pesimäpuuhissa Virossa. Kuvat: Sirpa Pääkkönen   Kun Virossa ajelee autolla, vastaan tulee metsiä, peltoja ja paljon koskematonta luontoa. Välissä on pieniä kyliä, ja silloin tällöin silmiin osuu joku hylätty kolhoosi muistona Viron Neuvostoajoista. Reiteillä on myös paljon lintuja. Toisinaan voi bongata kurjen, mutta Virossa mantereen puolella lentelee   ennen muuta paljon haikaroita. Niiden bongaaminen on hauskaa. Joskus olen laskenut parin sadan kilometrin automatkalla pari sataa kattohaikaraa. Ne kävelevät pelloilla sammakkojahdissa tai pariskunnat majailevat pesässä sähkötolpan nokassa ruokkimassa poikasiaan. Risumajat ovat hauskan näköisiä, koska haikara ei ole viimeisen päälle järjestystä rakastava lintu. Se jatkaa pesän rakennustaan, kun se palaa talven vietosta Afrikan lämmöstä. Useimmat Viroon palaavat kattohaikarat talvehtivat Egyptissä. Sama risupesä kelpaa haikarapariskunnan kodiksi vuosien ajaksi. Virolaiset lintuharrastaj...
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Fall colors charm in Tallinn's Old Town

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Photos from Tallinn's Old Town by Sirpa Pääkkönen From Helsinki Finland it takes two hours to get to Tallinn by boat. So near but at the same time you’ll get to a very different world. The reason is history. Tallinn is a medieval city and has a very beautiful but quite small Old Town. Once it was surrounded by walls and there are still quite many old towers from the middle age. The Old Town is beautiful in all times of the year. Just now the autumn colors make it colorful, bright and charming even the weather can be cloudy and grey. Tallinn was founded in 1248, but the earliest human settlements are over 5,000 years old. So it is one of the oldest capital cities of Northern Europe. Due to its strategic location, the city became a major trade hub, especially from the 14th to the 16th century, when it grew in importance as part of the Hanseatic League. Tallinn's Old Town is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a  Unesco ...
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